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Robert James Fraser fonds
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- Textual record
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Fonds
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CA ON00340 F3099
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1951-1963 (Creation)
- Creator
- Fraser, Robert James, 1887-1965
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5 cm of textual records
2 photographs
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Robert James Fraser (1887-1965) was a hydrographer and lay evangelist. He was born in Ottawa, and studied at McGill University. He was a hydrographer with the federal government for 45 years, and was Canada's first Dominion Hydrographer. Fraser was also a devoted lay evangelist and had a regular column entitled "The Doorbell Rang" in The United Church Observer throughout the 1950s.
Custodial history
This material forms part of the General Council program of the United Church of Canada Archive.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of one scrapbook of articles, principally written by Fraser, 1951-1963; 2 photographs, n.d..
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- English
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Open
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1986.108C
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- The United Church Observer (Subject)